"RARELY
HAVE we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path."

(ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
- PAGE 58)

THIS IS
THE STORY OF CLARENCE H. SNYDER, THE HOME BREWMEISTER, AND THE HISTORY OF ALCOHOLICS
ANONYMOUS IN CLEVELAND, OHIO. EVEN THOUGH AA WAS BORN IN AKRON, IT CAME OF AGE
IN CLEVELAND.

CLARENCE
WAS SPONSORED BY DR. BOB AND UPON HIS PASSING IN 1984, WAS THE LAST OF THE ORIGINAL
100 MEN AND WOMEN WHO HELPED FOUND AA.

TAKEN FROM
THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS, ARCHIVAL RECORDINGS, AND FROM INTERVIEWS WITH LONG-TERM
MEMBERS, THIS BOOK TELLS THE STORY OF CLEVELAND'S TRIBULATIONS AND TRIUMPHS
IN THE EARLY DAYS OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS.

PUBLISHED
BY AN AA GROUP, THIS BOOK WAS GIVEN AWAY, FREE OF CHARGE, TO ANYONE WHO REQUESTED IT.